The joy of new hats

I love hats. I have about six I wear in round robin. I have another fifteen or so that have been favorites and wore out, or are lovable but impracticable…you know. Like shoes. Only your feet don’t hurt.

Yesterday I had friends over and one of them, Kim Hirschman of Uncertainty Studios, flat-out gave me one of her hand-made felt hats. Here it is.

The hat represents a sea scallop. By rights it should be blue-eyed, but she allowed for a recessive gene. The hat is worn here with a scarf that Vonda...